Positive cases of rabies have cropped up in Southwest Georgia recently, including one here, says Grady County Health Department Environmental Health Specialist Shane Huey, who reminded pet owners that keeping vaccinations up-to-date is the best protection against the disease. “Since we know rabies is in the wild animal population, we are not surprised to see…

The Cairo man rescued from his burning home two weeks ago has died from the wounds he suffered in the fire.Mr. Jerry Williams, 50, passed away Saturday at Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital in Augusta. “It’s a terrible tragedy. We were afraid of his injuries, but hopeful that they would be able…

Gather up the family and friends and head over this Friday night to the Cairo Womans Club for the third annual Chili Cook-off sponsored by the Cairo High School Student Council. Twelve individuals and organizations are participating in this year’s event and it will surely be a competitive affair to see whose chili is judged…

The new 2011-2012 school calendar was unanimously adopted by the Grady County Board of Education Tuesday night and it looks very much like the current school calendar. “This calendar is constructed basically along the format of this year’s calendar. It seems to have worked well for most of us,” Superintendent Dr. Tommy Pharis told board…

Grady County now has a new recreation director, but her face is very familiar to the hundreds of children and adults who participate in recreation department programs.The board of commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday morning to offer the position to Rebecca (Becky) Bracewell at an annual salary of $34,000.Bracewell, who has served as the assistant rec…

The heads of three local businesses shared hope for the community before a crowd of nearly 200 who attended the 85th annual meeting of the membership of the Cairo-Grady County Chamber of Commerce held at the Grady Cultural Center Monday night.Nat Higdon of Ira Higdon Grocery Company, representing one of the oldest local firms; Koyo…

The Cairo City Council Thursday night approved the groundwork for the formation of a new Cairo-Grady County Airport Committee. Members of the local airport community recently approached the city council about creating a committee that would allow users of the airport to have a voice in its operations and future airport improvements. During Thursday night’s…

The Cairo City Council has given the green light to City Manager Chris Addleton to hire a gas superintendent to manage the day-to-day operations of the city’s gas department.During Thursday’s city council meeting, the council voted to eliminate two approved, but vacant, positions within the gas department and to add the position of gas superintendent.Depending…

This is the fourth and final week of the 2011 “Best of Grady County” Readers Choice Awards contest so you have until Monday, Jan. 31, to cast as many ballots as you wish.Mailed entries must be postmarked by Jan. 31 to be included in this year’s contest.Hundreds and hundreds of ballots have already been cast,…

Cairo attorney Tom Lehman’s new associate is familiar to many in the court system of the South Georgia Judicial Circuit. In 2006, Lawton Heard Jr., clerked for then Superior Court Judge J. Richard Porter, now retired.Heard, a native of Baker County, had just graduated from Florida Coastal School of Law in December 2005 when he…